The Moberly Police Department was assisted by the North Missouri Drug Task Force, the Randolph County Sheriff’s Department, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation in a Monday (April 29) drug bust of a 57-year-old male, on charges of Distribution of a Controlled Substance, Delivery/Manufacturing of a Controlled Substance, and Unlawful Use of a Weapon.

Randolph County Sheriff Mark Nichols told the MMI on Tuesday morning that his department helped more “on the front side” of the investigation, but did not have any available officers when the search warrant was enacted.

Attempts by the MMI to reach Randolph County Prosecuting Attorney Mike Fusselman for comment were not met with success as of deadline Tuesday. MPD

Chief Russel Tarr called the arrest, itself, “uneventful,” and said that “no more information was available at this moment” regarding what exactly had been found at the residence, or whether or not this was a part of a larger drug ring of some sort. He did comment that the drug in question “appears to be methamphetamine.”

The arrest occurred in the 800 block of South Fourth St., Moberly.

The suspect was transported to the Randolph County Justice Center, Huntsville. He is currently awaiting formal charges from Fusselman.